"Damn it! Samehada: Chakra Devour!"
Kisame Hoshigaki's face turned livid as he roared!
In an instant, Samehada swelled, countless spikes protruding from its body like an enraged porcupine!
And at the end of Samehada's tail, a huge, gruesome mouth opened!
It didn't look like a Ninja Sword.
It looked more like a living creature!
Bang!
Samehada bit down on Hyuga Kagami's arm, but the next moment, the sound of metal clashing rang out!
"That's all you've got?"
Hyuga Kagami looked at him mockingly, as though he were watching a clown. If Samehada could still bite through his skin with the Azure Dragon Form's scales covering his arm, that would be the unreasonable thing!
"Impossible!"
"Samehada's bite can devour chakra, and it can even crush steel!"
Kisame Hoshigaki was utterly dumbfounded. This completely shattered his worldview.
When he killed Suikazan Fuguki, he'd thought he'd become one of the strongest!
But when he saw Hyuga Kagami, he felt... as though he'd become that weak Genin again!
"Get lost!"
Hyuga Kagami reached out, seized Samehada, and kicked Kisame Hoshigaki flying!
He looked at the enormous Samehada, his gaze filled with satisfaction. "A Ninja Sword that can grow larger, heal itself, and devour chakra!"
"More importantly, it looks a lot like a spiked club!"
At first glance,
Samehada and a spiked club looked pretty much the same!
Kisame Hoshigaki spat blood, fury and savagery filling his eyes!
"Give Samehada back to me!"
"That Ninja Sword belongs to me!"
He hadn't had Samehada for long, but it had already become an important weapon to him!
"Samehada: Attack him!"
He roared.
The next moment, the Samehada in Hyuga Kagami's hand suddenly sprouted spikes!
Each spike was a meter long!
They looked ready to pierce Hyuga Kagami through!
But what made Kisame Hoshigaki uneasy was that Hyuga Kagami's expression remained calm. In his eyes... there even seemed to be a hint of anticipation!
"A Ninja Sword that can betray its owner after tasting better chakra. Try mine."
Hyuga Kagami's eyes lit up as he released wisps of exceptionally pure chakra!
It contained the terrifying vitality of a Sage Body, as well as the lightning, water, fire, and wind powers of the Azure Dragon Fruit!
Hum!
Samehada began trembling uncontrollably, convulsing like an addict who'd gotten a taste of drugs!
It opened its mouth wide, thoroughly satisfied!
As if... it had been completely sated!
"Zzzt, zzzt!"
Samehada drew in its spikes and became utterly docile. The rope around its handle climbed obediently up Hyuga Kagami's arm, and it behaved like a faithful dog!
Ninja Swords didn't understand loyalty.
They were loyal only to the strong!
And Hyuga Kagami was confident he could exert Absolute Control over this Ninja Sword!
Holding Samehada, he pointed it at Kisame Hoshigaki and grinned. "From now on, Samehada belongs to me!"
Kisame Hoshigaki's face turned ashen, his expression so dark it seemed blood might drip from it!
Samehada was the Ninja Sword best suited to him!
He'd gained nothing from this battle. Instead, he'd even lost his Ninja Sword!
"This is Kirigakure! Put Samehada down, and you might still make it out alive!"
Beside Genji, a clan leader looked grim.
At that moment, all the Mist Ninja looked grim and despairing.
Not a single person dared step forward!
Hyuga Kagami glanced at him indifferently, then pulled a spike from Samehada and sent it flying with a sonic boom!
Boom!
The spike carried the man with it, pinning him to a wall more than ten meters away!
He was on his last breath!
"You were one of the people who schemed against me, weren't you?"
Hyuga Kagami looked down at him and strode toward Genji. The surrounding Mist Ninja recoiled in terror until the two stood face-to-face.
One stood straight-backed as a spear, reaching toward the heavens!
The other was stooped with age, his years advanced, his wisdom as deep as ink!
"Genji, now I want Kirigakure to give me an answer!"
Hyuga Kagami's gaze was icy. "Scheming against me comes at a price."
Genji slowly closed his cloudy eyes and sighed.
He regretted it!
At that moment, he truly regretted scheming against Hyuga Kagami. The price was more than Kirigakure could bear!
He couldn't help looking toward the Mizukage.
The Fourth Mizukage looked dejected, his eyes lifeless. There was no way they could rely on him.
"Our Kirigakure... is grateful for Konoha's help!"
Genji's figure seemed a little forlorn. "We willingly give you the Ninja Sword Samehada. This is our sincerity."
"No, Lord Genji!"
The Mist Ninja were stunned, their faces full of alarm!
They looked as though their fathers had been killed!
"The Ninja Swords are the symbol of Kirigakure, the pride of our village! We can't afford to lose a single one!"
"How can Kirigakure exist without the Ninja Swords!"
Their faces were filled with resistance!
The Ninja Swords were the symbol of Kirigakure.
And its pride!
Without the Ninja Swords, could Kirigakure even still call itself Kirigakure?
Hyuga Kagami's lips curled up. He couldn't be bothered with those fools. A vortex formed in the air. "Do you have a problem with that?"
Boom!
Thunder roared across the sky!
A thunder dragon rolled through the heavens!
It seemed as though the power to destroy the world might descend at any moment.
All the Kirigakure shinobi were stunned. Only then did they realize that the ruthless monster before them wasn't negotiating with them!
He was... making a blatant threat!
"We have no objections."
Genji sighed. "Thank you for dispelling the Mizukage's genjutsu. This is our sincerity toward you."
His expression was grim.
It was a pity the wielders of the other two great swords weren't here. Otherwise, the three of them might have been able to defeat Hyuga Kagami together!
But there was no point wishing for what could have been.
Even if Samehada had been taken from them now, so long as Kirigakure rose again, Samehada... would surely return to them!
"Then I'll thank you, Genji. But dispelling the Mizukage's genjutsu is one matter, and you scheming against me is another. Do you think giving me Samehada is enough to put both matters behind us?"
Genji's body stiffened.
The other clan shinobi also looked at Hyuga Kagami in disbelief!
Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi were breaking out in cold sweat!
Good grief.
He really was something.
Even after the famous Genji had backed down, that still wasn't enough?
Hyuga Kagami stared at Genji. "I want a formal apology from you."
Boom!
The Mist Ninja couldn't help feeling their heads ring.
He was demanding that Genji formally admit defeat in front of everyone!
The shinobi beside Genji were about to speak, but Genji stopped them.
He slowly bowed. "I'm sorry!"
Everyone was shocked!
Hyuga Kagami's lips curled up. His voice was cold. "You can sacrifice yourself for your village. That's fine. Scheming against me isn't. You're not worthy. Kirigakure isn't worthy. No one in the entire Shinobi World is!"
"All right, let's head back. I'm hungry after all that!"
Hyuga Kagami waved his hand and strode away!
After fighting for so long,
he really was a little hungry.
He left without hesitation, and everyone struggled to get used to the way Hyuga Kagami did things.
He was far too decisive!
"Kagami, are we really... okay doing this?"
Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi were both dumbfounded!
They'd come to investigate, but who could've expected Hyuga Kagami to simply take their Ninja Sword!
And make Genji apologize in front of everyone!
And Kirigakure still didn't know Hyuga Kagami had the Kubikiribōchō and Lightning Blade too!
"Kirigakure must hate us to the bone now. How can we possibly form an alliance with them?"
Kakashi gave a bitter laugh.
Today had been satisfying, and it had felt great!
But from now on... Kirigakure would certainly hold a grudge!
"Kakashi, only the weak care about their enemies' revenge."
Hyuga Kagami's White Eyes were calm. "Back in the era of the First and Uchiha Madara, there was never any compromise!"
"Relations between shinobi villages are determined by strength, not so-called 'compromise'! Have you been lying low so long that you've forgotten the glory of the past?"
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